Gumot National Park Explained

The Ghamot National Park Ghamot National Park is a national park in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Neelam District of AJK and it was established in 2004.^[1] Conservation efforts in the Gumot National Park are funded by the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme and implemented by the Himalayan Wildlife Foundation. The national park is significant as it hosts a connected population of the threatened Himalayan Brown Bear of Pakistan, connected through a network of national parks in northern Pakistan including the Deosai National Park and Musk Deer National Park.^[2] ^[3] The park also hosts a population of the threatened musk deer.^[4]

Fauna

List of fauna found in the national park.^[5]

	Scientific name	Status	Breeding
1	Gyps himalayensis	Rare	No
2	Aquila chrysaetos	Rare	No
3	Accipiter nisus	Rare	Yes
4	Gypaetus barbatus	Rare	No
5	Circus macrourus	Rare	No
6	Apus apus	Common	Yes
7	Apus pacificus	Common	Yes
8	Circus macrourus	Common	Yes
9	Pericrocotus ethologus	Becoming rare	Yes
10	Pericrocotus roseus	Rare	Yes
11	Pericrocotus flammeus	Common	Yes
12	Streptopelia decaocto	Rare	Yes
13	Streptopelia tranquebarica	Rare	Yes
14	Spilopelia chinensi	Rare	Yes
15	Columba livia	Common	No
16	Streptopelia orientalis	Rare	Yes
17	Urocissa flavirostris	Rare	No
18	Nucifraga caryocatactes	Rare	Yes
19	Pyrrhocorax graculus	Rare	No
20	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Rare	No
21	Corvus macrorhynchos	Common	Yes
22	Coracias garrulous	Common	Yes
23	Coracias benghalensis	Rare	Yes
24	Cacomantis passerines	Rare	Yes
25	Tadorna tadorna	Rare	Yes
26	Eudynamys scolopacea	Rare	Yes
27	Prinia inornata	Common	Yes
28	Cisticola juncidis	Common	Yes
29	Prinia criniger	Becoming rare	Yes
30	Orthotomus sutorius	Rare	No
31	Cinclus pallasii	Rare	No
32	Certhia himalayana	Rare	No
33	Certhia familiaris	Common	No
34	Dicrurus macrocercus	Common	Yes
35	Dicrurus leucophaeus	Abundant	Yes
36	Lonchura punctulata	Common	No
37	Emberiza cia	Common	Yes
38	Melophus lathami	Common	Yes
39	Emberiza fucata	Rare	Yes
40	Emberiza leucocephalos	Common	Yes
41	Emberiza stewarti	Common	Yes
42	Garrulax lineatus	Abundant	No
43	Garrulax variegates	Rare	No
44	Callacanthis burtoni	Rare	Yes
45	Carduelis spinoides	Summer visitor	Yes
46	Carpodacus erythrinus	Common	Yes
47	Carpodacus nipalensis	Common	Yes
48	Carpodacus rhodochrous	Common	Yes
50	Falco subbuteo	Rare	No
51	Falco tinnunculus	Becoming rare	Yes
52	Delichon dasypus	Becoming rare	Yes
53	Riparia riparia	Rare	Yes
54	Hirundo rustica	Rare	No
55	Lanius excubitor	Rare	Yes
56	Lanius schach	Common	Yes
57	Tarsiger cyanurus	Rare	Yes
58	Rhyacornis fuliginosus	Common	Yes
59	Muscicapa striata	Common	Yes
60	Eumyias thalassinus	Rare	Yes
61	Chaimarrornis leucocephalus	Rare	Yes
62	Saxicola torquata	Rare	No
63	Saxicola caprata	Becoming rare	No
64	Saxicola ferreus	Common	No
65	Monticola rufiventris	Rare	Yes
66	Monticola solitarius	Rare	Yes
67	Monticola cinclorhyncha	Rare	Yes
68	Luscinia pectoralis	Rare	Yes
69	Enicurus maculatus	Common	Yes
70	Enicurus scouler	Rare	Yes
71	Ficedula subrubra	Rare	Yes
72	Ficedula tricolor	Rare	Yes
73	Ficedula westermanni	Rare	Yes
74	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	Abundant	Yes
75	Galerida cristata	Common	Resident
76	Terpsiphone paradisi	Rare	Yes
77	Hirundo smithii	Scarce	Summer visitor
78	Psilopogon asiaticus	Rare	No
79	Megalaima virens	Rare	Yes
80	Motacilla alba	Rare	Yes
81	Anthus sylvanus	Rare	No
82	Motacilla cinerea	Becoming rare	Yes
83	Motacilla citreola	Rare	Yes
84	Motacilla flava	Rare	Yes
85	Oriolus oriolus	Rare	No
86	Lophophorus impejanus	Rare	Yes
87	Pucrasia macrolopha	Rare	Yes
88	Alectoris chukar	Rare	Yes
89	Tetraogallus himalayensis	Rare	Yes
90	Lophura leucomelanos	Rare	Yes
91	Tragopan melanocephalus	Rare	No
92	Parus major	Becoming rare	Yes
93	Parus monticolus	Common	No
94	Cephalopyrus flammiceps	Summer visitor	Yes
95	Parus melanolophus	Common	Yes
96	Parus rufonuchalis	Rare	Rare
97	Parus xanthogeny	Rare	Yes
98	Passer domesticus	Rare	Yes
99	Passer rutilans	Rare	Yes
100	Psittacula krameri	Rare	No
101	Prunella collaris	Common	Yes
102	Prunella strophiata	Common	No
103	Pycnonotus cafer	Rare	Yes
104	Hypsipetes leucocephalus	Rare	Yes
105	Pycnontus leucogenys	Rare	Yes
106	Seicercus xanthoschistos	Rare	Yes
107	Phylloscopus proregulus	Rare	No
108	Phylloscopus magnirostris	Rare	Yes
109	Sitta leucopsis	Rare	Yes
110	Phylloscopus affinis	Rare	Yes
111	Lerwa lerwa	Rare	Yes
112	Pucrasia macrolopha	Rare	Yes
113	Phylloscopus inornatus	Common	Yes
114	Phylloscopus trochiloides	Becoming rare	Yes
115	Picus squamatus	Rare	Yes
116	Dendrocopos himalayensis	Rare	Yes
117	Regulus regulus	Rare	No
118	Rhipidura albicollis	Common	Yes
119	Strix leptogrammica	Rare	Yes
120	Glaucidium cuculoides	Rare	No
121	Sitta cashmirensis	Rare	Rare
122	Turdus philomelos	Rare	Yes
123	Turdus unicolor	Rare	Yes
124	Turdus viscivorus	Rare	Yes
125	Upupa epops	Rare	Yes
126	Acridotheres tristis	Rare	Yes
127	Sturnus vulgaris	Common	Yes
128	Zosterops palpebrosa	Abundant	No

Notes and References

Web site: Amazing National Parks of Pakistan. 2015-08-07. Pakistan Tours Guide. en-US. 2022-01-14.
Web site: Project Detail. sgp.undp.org. 2019-06-08.
Web site: The Bears in Musk Deer National Park Gurez, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and their Conflict with Local People. ResearchGate. en. 2019-06-08.
Web site: Environment: Plant poachers. Ovais. Fareeha Irfan. 2015-11-15. DAWN.COM. en. 2019-06-10.
Web site: Jahangeer . Muhammad . December 7, 2022 . Study of Bird Diversity in Ghamot National Park Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan . November 18, 2023 . Researchers Link . Zoological Society of Pakistan.